Hat-fastener.



m. 715,04a. Patented 1m. 2, 1902.

W. P. FRASER. HAT FASTENER.

(Applicntion filed Doc. 26. 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILLIAM PATON FRASER, OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND.

HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,048, dated December 2, 1902.

Application filed December 26, 1901. Serial No. 87,299. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM PATON FRA- SER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Edinburgh, county of Mid-Lothian, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Securing Devices, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for securing a ladys hat on her head; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation and which in practice is socured in the crown of a hat and may be operated for the purpose desired whenever necessary.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, in which the separate parts of my im provement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, Figure 1 is an inside view of a hat or hat-form provided with my improvement; Fig. 2, a crosssection thereof, and Fig. 3 a plan view of a detail of the construction.

In the practice of my invention as shown in the drawings I provide a yoke shaped spring a, the sides of which are provided with inwardly-directed spiral coils a having outwardly-directed members (1 which project at an angle to the transverse cross-head portion a of the spring, and in practice I preferably employ two of these devices and secure thereon segmental clamps I), provided with combteeth 19 the ends of the clamps I) being folded around the spiral coils o as shown at 19 and when the clamps b are thus connected with the coils a of the spring a the projecting members a of the coils a extend between the folded portion of said clamps and the body thereof, as shown at 5 devices, including the spring a and the clamps b, are secured in the crown of the hat in any desired manner; but, as shown in the drawings, I employ for this purpose a stifi transverse strip a, to which said devices are secured bya thread or cord cl passing through In practice these the clamps b and pass said cord out through the side of the crown of the hat and provide the same with a handle or end piece f, and by means of these cords the clamps b may be drawn outwardly, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 2, and also farther than is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 or until the teeth b rest against the side of the crown, and in this position of said clamps the hat is placed on the head, the cords e are released, and the clamps are thrown inwardly and the teeth 19 enter the hair and securely hold the hat on the head. It will be understood that the crosshead portions a of the springs a operate to throw the clamps b inwardly, and in the form of construction shown in the drawings the parts a bear on the end portions of the strip 0; but said strip cis not absolutely necessary,

and the clamps may be secured, as will be readily understood, to the crown of the hat, in which construction the parts a of the spring a would bear on the crown of the hat. It will also be apparent that one of these devices may be employed instead of two; but I prefer to employ two, as better results are secured thereby.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described devices for securing a 'hat to the head comprising a transverse plate adapted to be secured in the top of the crown of the hat and spring-operated clamps connected with said plate and arranged longitudinally thereof, the adjacent ends thereof being curved segmentally and provided with teeth and the other end being formed into a roll through which are passed spring mem- 'bers, said springmembers being provided 

